Redds Place is a brand new short stay and assessment unit for Bolton. Young people aged 16-25 need emergency accommodation that is underpinned using trauma informed care principles. We need people to join our team of tenacious, hard working and resilient colleagues. You need the right balance between support, enforcement and managing boundaries. The aim of the service is to prevent homelessness and enable independence. You will need to be organised, thick skinned, creative, persistent and a great team player. Join us, change lives.  We are looking for 2 new waking night colleagues who will manage the building, support young people and keep everyone safe overnight.

Herts Young Homeless is recruiting for a Live-In Accommodation Worker to join their team!

Position Purpose and key responsibilities:

• Provide advice, guidance and support to vulnerable young people aged 18-30 years, who are working towards independent living
• To create and establish a considerate and empowering environment where those living in the home take responsibility for themselves, their “fellow tenants” and their journey towards independent living.
• You will help co-ordinate a solution focused action plan that involves other agencies as needed and encourages the young person to take responsibility for all areas of their lives and promote healthy, successful outcomes that are holistic, yet realistic.
• You will support them to achieve a successful move on. You will also be instrumental in ensuring that those living in the house accept and abide by the house rules.

Requirements:

• You will have at least two years’ experience of working with people with housing related issues in a Floating Support, Outreach or an accommodation based setting.
• Ability to engage and communicate with young people, family members, professionals and volunteers
• Good level of literacy and numeracy with the ability to carry out administrative tasks as appropriate to the role
• Ability to work effectively with a full and varied workload with conflicting deadlines
• Highly motivated with the ability to work using own initiative and as part of a team
• Excellent understanding of confidentiality with strict professional boundaries and professional integrity
• An understanding and commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• Excellent understanding of boundaries and its importance in the role
• Flexible person with ability to work under pressure
• IT literacy including excel, word and outlook

• Ability to communicate effectively, in writing and verbally, with colleague and partners at all organisational levels
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and persuade a wide range of individuals and audiences
• A Full driving licence and use of own car or motorbike for business purposes

Desirable:

• Knowledge of benefits, employment opportunities and training for young people
• Knowledge of Housing Legislation
• Knowledge of The Children Act 1989
• Experience of working in an educational or training environment (statutory or voluntary)

If you are hardworking, conscientious and take pride in doing a job well, then we would like to hear from you.

This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with children or young adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced disclosure will be sought through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) as part of Herts Young Homeless’ pre-employment checks.

The Role

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

We are looking for an enthusatic individual to join our Supported Housing Team at DHI in Bath. This is an exciting, varied and rewarding role which involves supporting clients to achievce and maintain abstinence from problematic drug/alcohol use and supporting them to move onto live fulfilling and independent lives. As well as supporting individuals the role also includes aspects of housing management.

You will be joining an experienced and enthusiastic team that work hard to support each other, deliver an exceptional service to clients and meet our contract requirements.

If you’ve got experience of working in housing and share DHI’s values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life, we’d love to hear from you. DHI also welcomes applications from those with lived experience.

How To Apply

Please use the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification to complete an Application Form and Skills Form and send to HR  before Midday Friday 18th December 2020. Further information available on the DHI website

WHO WE ARE

City Hearts was founded in 2005, beginning with a single home to help women with life controlling
issues, shortly after we welcomed our first survivor of modern slavery. Since then, we have
expanded across multiple regions and now provide accommodation and outreach support to
hundreds of survivors of modern slavery every year, as well as continuing to house and support
women with life controlling issues. We are passionate about restoring the lives of those we support,
and it would not be possible without our dedicated team of staff and volunteers.

ROLE SUMMARY
How this role fits into the vision and objectives of City Hearts
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Support Worker within our Female Accommodation
Team. In this role, you’ll be supporting the women rescued from human trafficking, now residing at
the safehouse accommodation, with everyday tasks; promoting their independence; empowering
them in their recovery and assisting with their integration into the community.

RESPONSIBILITIES

•Supporting the clients at the accommodation with everyday tasks; promoting their
independence; empowering them in their recovery and assisting with their integration into
the community.
• Welcoming new clients into service, carrying out initial inductions and supporting clients
when moving on from the accommodation.
• Regular shift work - shifts are 12pm-8pm, one of which will be a weekend shift at either of the
two female safe houses.
• Creating and initiating activities with the clients – organising outings periodically. Helping the
women develop skills, autonomy and confidence through engaging them in activities such as
learning English language skills, building healthy friendships, cooking, budgeting and
personal safety.
• Using the Computer Management System (CMS) to accurately and professionally record
client information, ECAT entitlement support work, incident reports and any other information
when needed in a timely manner
• Keeping the house clean and tidy on a daily basis and helping to ensure the smooth running
of the day to day programme e.g. organising and attending appointments, managing issues
that arise at the accommodation.
• Creating a safe and friendly atmosphere/environment in the house when on shift.
• Taking phone calls on behalf of clients and liaising with professionals that call or visit the
accommodation.
• Help resolve any issues that occur with clients and working alongside caseworkers and
management to best support a client.
• Adhering to all internal procedures regarding City Hearts, following any legislation and
attending mandatory training.

 

Malachi

Malachi is an innovative specialist therapeutic family support service, established for over 30 years. We offer a diverse range of services to children and families in over 300 schools and other community settings. Our team of 60 dedicated staff work with the most vulnerable children and families and whilst it may be a challenging profession the rewards in seeing a family make lasting change really are wonderful.

The opportunity

The role is centred around assisting families, with the aim of enabling, achieving and maintaining outcomes to best support them. The Family Support Worker will manage a caseload and meet with families on a regular basis to provide a package of support interventions to meet the families targeted needs.

The role requires travel to sites, therefore driving is an essential part of the role. It is essential that candidates have a full driving licence and use of their own vehicle.

The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday, 08.30 – 17.00.

Key work activities

• Work directly with children and their families in Schools and community settings, offering the right support at the right time.
• Implementing, monitoring and reviewing family support intervention plans to help strengthen family resilience.
• Proactively engage and support children and families to strengthen and improve their outcomes, develop their resilience and reduce dependency on external specialist services.
• Deliver a ‘solution-focussed’ approach, whilst maintaining focus on the safety and wellbeing of the family.
• Work with parents directly, to uncover underlying issues and enable them to gain and maintain independence and control over all aspects of their lives.
• Ensure that all children, young people and adults are adequately protected in line with Safeguarding Children and Adult Board reporting procedures.
• Liaise with teachers, other relevant professionals, social services and external agencies where appropriate.
• Write-up electronic records and assessments.
• Attend relevant meetings and training in accordance with your role.
• Undertake any other such duties that are required within your role.

What credentials are we ideally looking for?

• Level 3 in Counselling or other therapeutic qualification.
• A good standard of education including GCSE’s in English and Maths (or equivalent).
• Safeguarding and child protection awareness.
• Previous demonstrable experience of working directly with children on both a one-to-one and group/family basis.
• Confident in positively influencing family situations.
• Experience in completing an assessment tool, for example, outcome stars or Early help assessments.
• An understanding and knowledge of child development and attachment.
• Prior experience of communicating effectively with children and families, external agencies and other relevant professionals.
• Ability to update a case tracker system.
• IT proficiency
• Attention to detail, with the ability to accurately produce high quality concise reports and session notes.
• Ability to prioritise, demonstrating first class organisational skills and time management skills.
• Able to work on own initiative and as a member of a wider team.
• Ability to maintain a professional distance whilst fostering close working partnerships.

Benefits

• 45 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 24-Hour Doctorline
• Retail discount scheme
• Voluntary Health Cashplan
• Flexible working
• Laptop & phone

Would you like to apply?

Malachi are committed to safeguarding and supporting the welfare of children and their families, and we expect all our staff to share in this commitment. We adopt a safer recruitment process to best support this commitment. The post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for the successful candidate.

"We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome CV's from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion and belief, sexual orientation, or status regarding gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity."

The closing date for applications is 04 January 2021. 

The selection process will consist of an initial psychometric test & pre-screen, as well as a two stage interview (observation exercise and panel interview). You will also be required to attend a full weeks induction, running from Monday to Friday, please ensure that you can commit to this.

Malachi would encourage candidates to submit their CVas early as possible, as we do reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

While we would like to contact all our candidates, unfortunately, this is not possible so if you have not heard from us a week after the closing date, your application has been unsuccessful.

(Strictly No Agencies).

YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP

WiSE Project Worker x2

Locations: Staines (Surrey), Brighton & Hove (East Sussex)

Fixed Term to 28 February 2022

B&H 21 hours per week, Staines 22 hours per week

£27,140 per annum (pro-rata)

£15,403-16,137 per annum (actual)

YMCA DownsLink Group’s WiSE Project is an innovative, award winning project working with children and young people experiencing or at risk of sexual exploitation; as well raising awareness of Child Sexual Exploitation and other forms of Child Criminal Exploitation.

We are looking for 2 Project Workers experienced in supporting vulnerable children and young people who may have experienced abuse or trauma. A 22hpw post is available in Surrey, working across the boroughs of Spelthorne and Runnymede (funded by Heathrow Community Trust) based at Staines Police Station, with frequent work from home opportunities. The second Project Worker will be based with our successful team in Brighton working 21hpw.

The Project Worker will hold a caseload of children and young people who have been identified as being at significant risk of, or victims of sexual exploitation, with the possibility of some cases being victims of criminal exploitation as the project evolves. You will undertake one-to-one work to increase their understanding of sexual and criminal exploitation and develop their knowledge and skills to enable them to have safe, healthy relationships. You will need to evidence relevant experience as part of your application. This is challenging, yet very rewarding work, requiring an absolute commitment of the staff.

The project worker will work collaboratively with other professionals to support interventions which keep children and young people safe, disrupt the activity of perpetrators and where possible, lead to prosecutions.

The role involves lone working whilst supporting children and young people in Brighton/North Surrey, with travel across the respective counties and afield as required. You will need to hold a current driving licence and have access to your own car.

Line management and case support will be provided by YMCA DownsLink Group. WiSE staff receive regular 1-to-1 clinical supervision and group Reflective Practice Supervision.

The position comes with excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays), a company sick pay scheme, a life assurance policy of 2x your annual salary, a health and wellbeing cash plan, and a cycle to work scheme. Please download a job pack for more information about other benefits offered.

If after reading the role profile you have questions about the role please contact Charlotte Amor, WiSE Project Manager.

YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Closing date for applications: Friday 18 December 2020 at 9am

Interview date: Wednesday 23 December 2020

To apply, please visit our website

Please note that we do not accept CVs. When submitting your application please save your application form as ‘your full name APPLICATION’ and put the job title/location in the email subject line. Please submit your application as a Word document where or PDF (we cannot accept Pages) via email.

Mental Health Supporter

• Home Based (with some travel to Head Office required)
• 21 hours per week (3 days a week with some flexibility)
• £15,600 per annum pro rata (FTE £26,000 per annum)
• 12-month fixed term contract (initially)

The role

To support and case manage individuals entering the Mental Health Pathway with a singular Mental Health issue directly from Helpline or Support Services and to provide computerised CBT focused reviews and support to individuals that are engaged in Ben’s SilverCloud digital platform.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and monitor all individuals referred into the Mental Health Pathway with a singular Mental Health issue or concern.
• Provide focused needs-based assessments to gain a better understanding of the individual Mental Health needs.
• Engage individuals with Ben’s digital platform and appropriate programmes.
• Case Manager & Support individuals on the digital platform, completing reviews with the individual as agreed.
• Identify and make internal referrals for Mental Health Initial Assessments or into Support Services where other support needs have been identified.
• To escalate where appropriate any case/situation where an individual is deemed at risk
• To communicate in a professional and sensitive manner clinical and non-clinical advice and guidance within the scope of the service and practice to both internal and external stakeholders
• To maintain appropriate electronic and written documentation including assessment notes and communication records with external parties by using SharePoint and the Microsoft Dynamics CRM (as applicable)
• To provide reports on individuals engaged in SilverCloud, as and when required.
• To undertake service-related administration tasks including sourcing of appropriate therapists / health professionals, completing new supplier administration and raising purchase order’s, as and when required.
• Provide appropriate advice, information and guidance (within scope of professional practice) utilising a range of digital tools and applications to support clients using Ben’s Mental Health Pathway and stepped care interventions (i.e. self-help, digital, telephone and face to face) 
• To support the development of online Self -help content.
• To be able to work in a multi-disciplinary team in a flexible responsive and collaborative manner
• Communicate with individuals Ben supports via telephone, videoconference, email and text
• Support the management of risk associated duty of care, self-harm and suicide, working with other internal stakeholders to develop policies and procedures, as well as deliver relevant upskilling for operational service colleagues

About you

The ideal candidate should be confident in the use of digital health platforms and be able to provide guided support for individuals who may require this level of support. You should be able to easily communicate with individuals via telephone, videoconference, email and text.

You will be happy to work within a small team and have a bright and bubbly personality with a go get them attitude and a passion to make change.

• Practical experience in undertaking focused need assessments and planning person centred support
• Experience of working in a health, mental health, social care or information and advice
• Ability to demonstrate competencies required to undertake the duties associated with the post
• Experience in working effectively with people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds
• Working towards or willingness to work towards a qualification in Mental Health or Social Care.
• Working knowledge of conducting focused needs assessments and managing internal and external referrals 
• Knowledge of best practice for managing a case load
• Knowledge and understanding of a broad range of Mental Health issues affecting individuals.
• Working knowledge or understanding of Clinical Governance 
• Working knowledge of GDPR, Safeguarding & SASH (Suicide and Self-Harm) policies and procedures

Benefits

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Contributory pension scheme – matched at 4%
• Referral scheme
• Life assurance
• Discount on certain car brands

About Ben

Ben is an independent charity and dedicated partner to the automotive industry, providing support for life for its people and their family dependents. Ben is focused on delivering care and support to enable total health & wellbeing through working and later life.

Ben provides free and confidential advice and support focused on the main areas of peoples’ health and wellbeing: financial, physical, mental and social, supporting people at whatever stage of life. Everyone who works, or has worked, in the automotive industry can access Ben's support.

Ben also operates continuing care and support for those in later life, which isn’t dependent on an automotive industry connection, via its care centres as well as independent living for over 65s at its retirement village.

Apply now

If this describes you, then please enclose your latest CV and covering letter explaining why you are the ideal candidate for this role. If you are ambitious and motivated and want to make a positive difference to people’s lives, get in touch with us.

Duties and Responsibilities

Development & Support work:

• To provide emotional and practical support to women accessing helpline
• To participate in a rota of helpline cover and model and promote good practice in taking helpline calls
• To support helpline volunteers and students in delivering helpline
• To participate in a rota to cover at BSWA offices and across community venues as necessary
• To facilitate access for women to statutory, community and other BSWA services
• To comply with the recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures of the project

  Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
• To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
• To produce monthly reports for your line manager

• Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuges, staff, volunteers and service users by:
• Maintaining BSWA communication records
• Following safety procedures
• Attending team meetings
• Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager
• To attend in-house training
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies
• Feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate
• To be involved in the Annual Review process

• General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service
• To maintain confidentiality in all matters relating to the organisation
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
• To ensure the efficient use of resources at all times
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• To participate in the development and annual appraisal of a personal individual development plan with the line manager
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post

Closing Date:  Midnight 07/12/2020
Interview Date: W/C  15/12/2020

We are recruiting 2 Support Workers to join our London Street Rescue service, the team is funded by the Mayor of London as a key part of the No Second Night Out strategy. Working in outreach, you will work with rough sleepers across London, supporting them to access accommodation, providing short term crisis intervention to help them maintain their accommodation and linking with health and financial support.

The role will enable you to work towards quick outcomes, to support rough sleepers off the streets. Working in this team will give you an opportunity to make a real difference to rough sleeping.

As a Support Worker you will:

• Conduct regular outreach shifts with volunteers
• Be a first response to referrals, carrying out assessments with new rough sleepers to understand their eligibility and need
• Casework rough sleepers, supporting them to access appropriate services and accommodation
• Work alongside other agencies including the local authority, health services and housing providers
• Support lead workers and navigators with more complex cases
• Accurately record all work done.

The role will involve office and street-based work in Hackney. While a proportion of your time will be spent working day time shifts, Monday-Friday, the role also includes early morning outreach shifts.

To be successful you will need to have:

• Excellent interpersonal skills to build trusting relationships with rough sleepers and partner agencies
• Strong organisational skills in order to be flexible and responsive, to meet the needs of rough sleepers
• The confidence and ability to manage your own caseload
• Good IT skills with the ability use Outlook, online recording systems, Excel, and Word, using a tablet and a smart phone
• Confidence in representing Thames Reach at external meetings and with outside agencies

At Thames Reach we are driven and committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in service delivery to vulnerable people.

As well as a great working environment we also offer:

• Support to develop your leadership and strategic skills.
• A contributory pension scheme, tuition aid and management specific training.
• 29 days holiday and 8 paid bank holidays.

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Richmond Borough Mind is a vibrant local charity that has been supporting and providing services for adults affected by mental health problems and their carers for over 60 years. 

Our out of hours crisis service, Journey Recovery Hub, has been running since December 2019. The service provides support to those suffering from mental health problems, aiming to prevent escalation, reduce isolation, increase independence and self-management and improve mental health and wellbeing.

This is an exciting role in a new service, which aspires to achieve the above aims. We are looking for highly motivated, caring individuals, who have knowledge and experience of supporting vulnerable adults to increase their independence and develop self-management strategies.

The successful applicant will have an understanding and empathy for people with mental health needs and will be used to working in a team of staff and volunteers.  You will need to have clear project management skills, and be self-motivated, a good communicator and be able to prioritise and manage your time effectively. 

You will be required to work across both Hubs locations and/or work remotely, in a shift pattern over evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.

Richmond Borough Mind values diversity and difference.  We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly individuals with lived experience of mental health problems.

Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS.

The London Irish Centre has developed a new volunteering strategy, building on a proud history of volunteering in the London Irish community. We have 300 volunteers providing support in roles as varied as befriending, event support for the culture programme, office admin, specialist expertise, marketing & communications, the Café and our Wellbeing activities. The focus of this exciting new role is to implement the strategy, lead and develop the volunteering programme, be responsible for the recruitment, training, development and support of our volunteers and to be a champion for volunteering in the organisation. 

The postholder will be responsible for embedding volunteering across the organisation and be responsible for promoting volunteering and raising awareness of the value of volunteers both internally and externally. Working closely with the entire team, the role will support and develop volunteer involvement and contribution in new ways, making best use of people’s motivations and skills in line with the London Irish Centre’s strategic objectives.

The deadline for applications is 9am Tuesday 5th January 2021.

The London Irish Centre is a London Living Wage and Equal Opportunities employer.

We actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We encourage BAME and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and all opportunities provided by the LIC. Whilst our offices have some barriers to access, we are taking steps to resolve these, and in the meantime continue to encourage interest from applicants who require reasonable adjustments within the workplace.

Support Worker

Please note the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 12 noon on the closing date.

Dementia devastates lives. By 2021, 1 million people will be living with the condition. But dementia won't win. Until the day we find a cure, Alzheimer's Society will be here for anyone affected by dementia - wherever they are, whatever they're going through. Everything we do is informed and inspired by them..

Support Worker Responsibilities:

As a Dementia Support Worker you will have the rewarding opportunity to provide support and guidance to people with dementia and their carers; helping to maintain their independence, improving their sense of well-being, and putting them in more control of their lives. The service is unique to each service user as it is based upon their personal circumstances and support needs.

You will offer support and guidance to your clients in a variety of ways, whether in the client's own home, at service offices or at other locations, face to face, by phone, letter or email. You will also assist service users to access other services, providing signposting and referrals, as well as facilitating peer support groups and other group activities.

Key responsibilities:

• To manage referrals, assisting clients in assessing their information and support needs.
• To maintain and manage a caseload of clients who have dementia or are affected by dementia from appropriate geographical locations. Information and support may be by phone, email, letter, or face to face, at the client’s home or other appropriate location.
• To provide information regarding services and benefits available and, where appropriate, assist clients in accessing them.
• When appropriate, to signpost clients to a choice of suitable other sources of help.
• To develop a proactive approach in reaching people with dementia and carers who may not otherwise access our services.

Support Worker Requirements:

We are looking for an individual who possess NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) with an understanding of dementia and the needs of those living with dementia and their carers. Your ability to assess client needs along with the understanding of the need for client confidentially is essential to providing a valuable and worthwhile service. To be successful in this role you will have excellent non-judgmental communication skills as well as strong organisational and time management skills in order to manage your caseload of clients effectively. Are you someone who can work well as part of a team and are passionate about improving the quality of life for people living with dementia? Then take the first step and apply today.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer’s Society embraces diversity, inclusion and accessibility for all of our people. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do.

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.

Position: Dementia Support Worker
Location: Community Based, Swindon Area
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Part time, 21 hours per week
Salary: £11,978.40 - £12,462.00 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)

Closing Date: 10th December 2020
Interview Date: Tuesday 5th January 2021

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Dementia Adviser, Care Assistant, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Mental Health, Dementia, NFP, Not for Profit, Charity, etc.

Where Next is a local Charity in Worcestershire and Warwickshire, and the leading day service provider in Worcestershire,  that supports adults with a learning disability through 4 unique days services and we are looking to inspire the next generation of support worker to ensure that the high quality care we pride oursleves on is passed on to the next generation.

We have the exciting opportunity to hire 2 apprentice support workers on a 2 year contract, we would love to extend it beyond this but we can't promise anything.

Successful candidates will beworking towards level 2 qualification and will need to be able to complete the workload associated with the qualification.

Please remmeber that apprentices are open to all ages and pay will reflect the minimum requirments stated by the goverment

Application is through the national apprentice website with a prescreening process conducted by HOW College who are delivering the qualification element of the apprenticeship

The Workers` Educational Association is a unique charity and the UK`s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education. With a clear vision and a strong social purpose, we bring great teaching to local communities, with life-changing courses held in community centres, workplaces, libraries, schools and almost anywhere else you can think of.

Since 1903, we have been giving disadvantaged people the opportunity to return to learning - inspiring them to realise their full potential and become active, engaged citizens. We see education as a tool for social justice, not just self-improvement, and we pride ourselves on making learning egalitarian and accessible. Volunteers play a central role in everything we do, from governance through to classroom support, helping us deliver courses to 50,000 people in 2,300 locations - and enabling us to reach 80% of the population.

Providing comprehensive administrative support to our local educational team, you will be involved with student recruitment, publicity, marketing, a variety of administration tasks using multiple online platforms to support course delivery.

We are looking for someone who is organised, enthusiastic, and pro-active, with a positive attitude. You will demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with the team to achieve the organisation’s aims and objectives.

This role will support our partners, tutors and students with online administration tasks therefore communication is key. An administrative background is a priority and it is essential to have good IT skills to support tutors and students with online and face to face education provision. You will need to be able to travel to support classes across the whole area.

This is a part time position, 28 hours per week.

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and a covering letter.